NAC639.250. Restrictions on supervision.

Except as otherwise provided in NAC 639.258 and 639.394:

     1. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in a hospital, a pharmacist who is dispensing prescriptions may not supervise more than three pharmaceutical technicians at one time. A pharmacist who is supervising distributive functions may not supervise more than two pharmaceutical technicians and one pharmaceutical technician in training while the trainee is performing technician functions in on-the-job training.

     2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, in any pharmacy, other than a hospital pharmacy, a pharmacist may not supervise more than three pharmaceutical technicians or one pharmaceutical technician and two pharmaceutical technicians in training at one time.

     3. A pharmacist may supervise more pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training at one time than are otherwise allowed pursuant to subsections 1 and 2 if:

     (a) Not more than three of the pharmaceutical technicians or pharmaceutical technicians in training are performing the duties of a pharmaceutical technician as set forth in NAC 639.245; and

     (b) The record kept by the pharmacy pursuant to NAC 639.245 identifies the pharmaceutical technicians and pharmaceutical technicians in training who are performing the duties of a pharmaceutical technician as set forth in NAC 639.245.

     [Bd. of Pharmacy, § 639.215, eff. 6-26-80]—(NAC A 12-3-84; 2-18-88; 3-27-90; 11-15-93; 12-13-96; R016-99, 11-3-99; R037-07, 1-30-2008)

Notation

REVISER’S NOTE.

      The provisions of subsection 3 of NAC 639.250 as added by LCB File No. R037-10 have been codified as NAC 639.394.